US4466462A - Circuitous path flow restrictor - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- This invention relates generally to a flow restrictor, and more particularly to a circuitous path flow restrictor of simple construction.
- Flow restrictors having no moving parts are known for incorporation in the conduits or passageways of transmission control systems. These flow restrictors provide an accurately metered and substantially constant fluid flow rate under given pressure conditions and are particularly useful for controlling the rate of pressure rise to the annular pistons associated with the clutches and/or brakes of present day transmissions.
- the Lee Company of Westbrook, Connecticut offers a series of cascade restrictors of generally cylindrical disc-like shape having single ingress and egress passages and a tortuous internal path for the fluid.
- the minimum passage size in the fluid path of such restrictors is relatively large, for example about the equivalent of a cylindrical opening having a diameter of 1.52 mm (0.060"), and yet the restrictor acts as if it had a fluid flow resistance level equivalent to a simple orifice of much smaller diameter, for example about 0.51 mm (0.020").
- the major advantage is that a simple orifice of very small diameter might be plugged by a single grain of sand, so that it is undesirable to use very small diameter orifices in the transmissions of vehicles.
- These cascade restrictors are modularized so that one, two, three or even more individual units can be placed together in a cylindrical stack to provide the equivalent resistance to progressively smaller simple orifices.
- the present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the problems as set forth above.
- the fluid director member is simple to produce and can be slipped or press-fitted into a cylindrical bore to make a circuitous path flow restrictor of particularly economical and adaptable construction.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic and enlarged elevational view of one embodiment of the circuitous path flow restrictor of the present invention, with a portion thereof illustrated in cross section to better disclose the details thereof;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the flow director member illustrated in FIG. 1 as taken along line II--II thereof;
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic and enlarged exploded isometric view of another embodiment of the circuitous path flow restrictor of the present invention.
- a circuitous path flow restrictor 10 is shown as having two major parts--namely a fluid director means 12 and an encircling body means 14.
- the fluid director means consists of a three stage fluid director member 16 coaxially disposed on a central axis 18 and having an interrupted or contoured cylindrical external surface 20 of a preselected diameter "D" as indicated on the drawing.
- the diameter "D" can be about 12.7 mm (0.50") and the length "L" about 15.5 mm (0.61").
- the first stage 22 of the fluid director member 16, located at the right end thereof when viewing FIG. 1, has a cross section illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the cross section illustrates a central core 24, a plurality of longitudinally oriented notched fins 26 extending radially from the core, and a single longitudinally oriented blocking fin 28 extending radially from the core.
- An inlet end wall 30 is integrally formed in contiguous relation with the core and the fins, and is provided with an ingress notch or ingress passage 32 which opens radially outwardly on the cylindrical external surface 20 of the end wall.
- An inner wall 34 is integrally formed on the other end of the core and fins and defines an egress notch or passage 36 from the first stage of the fluid director means 12.
- the fluid director member 16 has a second stage 38 and a third stage 40 of similar construction to the first stage in that they each have a central core, a plurality of notched fins and a blocking fin like the elements 24, 26 and 28 of FIG. 2.
- the second and third stages share a common inner wall 42 which is twice as thick as the common inner wall 34 between the first and second stages, the purpose of which will be later explained, and a second egress notch 44 is defined in the wall 42.
- Egress notch 44 from the second stage is radially and axially aligned with the ingress notch 32 but is angularly offset from the egress notch 36 from the first stage.
- An outlet end wall 46 likewise defines a third egress notch 48 from the third stage which is radially and axially aligned with the first egress notch 36.
- the notched fins 26 can be seen to advantageously define alternately offset first notches 50 and second notches 52.
- each of the stages 22, 38 and 40 has a plurality of the notched fins 26 with the radially outwardly opening notches 50 being located forwardly in radial alignment and with the notches 52 similarly located rearwardly in radial alignment.
- the first notches 50 of the first stage are axially aligned with the first notches of the subsequent stages, as are the second notches 52 aligned in rows.
- the body means 14 includes a cylindrical containment member 54 defining a cylindrical bore or chamber 56 for closely encircling the fluid director means 12 and defining therewith a three stage serpentine fluid flow path 58 as indicated by the flow arrows identified by the letter A.
- each stage of the serpentine fluid flow path is made up of a plurality of interconnected wedge or pie-shaped chambers 59 in an annular array which are of substantially equal volume since the fins 26 and 28 are preferably uniformly spaced about the cores of the individual stages. In FIG. 2, for example, the adjacent fins form a common included angle of about 30° .
- One of the notches 50 or 52 serves as the inlet path to one of the pie-shaped chambers 59 while the other serves as the outlet path.
- the containment member 54 has a threaded bore 60 and a cylindrical external surface 62 interrupted by an O-ring groove 64.
- An O-ring seal 66 is disposed in the groove so that when the containment member and fluid director member 16 are inserted as a unit into a stepped bore 68 of a housing 70 of an associated transmission control system or the like, fluid is forced to travel solely through the flow restrictor 10.
- a threaded fastener not shown, can be inserted into the threaded bore 60 to permit convenient removal of the containment member and fluid director member from the housing.
- FIG. 3 another embodiment of the circuitous path flow restrictor 10' is seen to include separate end fluid director members 16' and a centrally located fluid director member 16".
- elements similar to those described with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2 bear the same reference numbers, but with at least one prime indicator appended thereto.
- the only structural difference between the director members 16' and 16" is that the end director members have their respective egress notches 36' and 48' angularly disposed on one side of the blocking fins 28' and the central fluid director member has its egress notch 44' on the other side.
- the individual members 16' and 16" can be properly inserted into the containment member 54' utilizing a first alignment means 72.
- the first alignment means includes an upstanding rib 74 formed at the proper angular position on the periphery of each of the members 16' and 16", and includes a corresponding groove 76 to receive the ribs in the containment member.
- a second alignment means 78 is used to properly orient an end cover or cap 80 on the containment member in order to align an ingress passage 82 formed therein with the first one of the pie-shaped chambers 59'.
- the second alignment means includes a dowel 84 secured to the cover and a corresponding cylindrical opening 86 formed in the end of the containment member.
- the circuitous path flow restrictor 10 has a relatively large plurality of the notches 50,52 controlling the flow between the corresponding number of pie-shaped chambers 59.
- the fluid enters the fluid director means 12 via the threaded bore 60 and the ingress notch 32 adjacent the blocking fin 28 it circulates within the first one of the chambers 59 and exits by way of the axially rearwardly located notch 52. It thereafter circulates in the second of the pie-shaped chambers and exits by way of the axially forwardly located notch 50.
- the fluid is caused to weave alternately rearwardly and forwardly by the displaced notches almost all the way around the periphery of the first stage until it is blocked by the opposite side of the blocking fin 28 and caused to flow out the first egress notch 36.
- Each of the notches 50,52 and the ingress and egress notches 32,36 has preferably the same equivalent cross-sectional area and resistance to fluid flow. I theorize that if these notches are each sized about the equivalent of the area of a cylindrical passage having a diameter of 1.52 mm (0.060") then the first stage of the flow restrictor 10 would have a fluid resistance level equivalent to a cylindrical passage having a diameter of about 0.89 mm (0.035"). Using the same cross-sectional areas in the second stage the equivalent passage size for both stages would be lowered to about 0.64 mm (0.025"), and if the third stage is included the equivalent passage size would be lowered further to about 0.51 mm (0.020"). Accordingly, increasingly greater resistance to flow can be achieved by adding more stages to the serpentine fluid flow path.
- the fluid director means 12 is preferably manufactured by a precision casting process such as the conventional investment or lost-wax casting process. This can be easily achieved with the constructions illustrated because all of the notches 32,36,44,48,50,52 open radially outwardly and simplify the required single pattern.
- the fluid director means can be centerless ground to the preselected diameter "D" and press-fitted into the bore 56 of the containment member 54. If desired, the external surface 20 of the fluid director means can be furnace brazed to the corresponding internal surface of the containment member for more positive sealing therebetween.
- the investment cast fluid director member 16 can be easily separated along the plane B-B.
- the relatively thicker inner wall 42 can be cut in two to divide the director member into a single stage portion and a double stage portion.
- the third stage can be ground off the other two stages to that separating plane.
- FIG. 3 functions in the same way as the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, and is illustrative that the individual stages or fluid director members 16' and 16" can be separately investment cast. Only one pattern is required for the individual stages of the FIG. 3 embodiment if the egress notches 36', 44' and 48' are not cast in place, but rather are subsequently machined in their respective angular positions to cause the fluid to travel counterclockwise within the adjacent stages.
- circuitous path flow restrictors 10 and 10' of the present invention are particularly useful for hydraulic control systems requiring a controlled rate of pressure rise to the various motors thereof. They are of simple construction, are easy to manufacture, and can be adapted to varying requirements by merely increasing or decreasing the number of stages thereof. Moreover, the minimum size of the serpentine fluid flow path 58 is large enough that it is unlikely to be plugged by deleterious material.
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US5102095A (en) * | 1991-01-28 | 1992-04-07 | Siemens Automotive L.P. | Flow restrictor for solenoid valve |
US5156680A (en) * | 1991-07-30 | 1992-10-20 | Rockwell International Corporation | Flow restrictor for a fluid |
US5287613A (en) * | 1992-05-08 | 1994-02-22 | Professional Instruments Co. | Method of manufacturing an annular slit restrictor using a shrink fit operation |
US5316220A (en) * | 1991-08-22 | 1994-05-31 | Naan Irrigation Systems | Irrigator with mutually perpendicular water path components |
DE4328739A1 (de) * | 1993-08-26 | 1995-03-02 | Klaus Pflieger | Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Kühlflüssigkeiten |
US5404945A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1995-04-11 | Stirling Design International Limited | Device for controlling the flow of fluid in an oil well |
US5449350A (en) * | 1994-07-19 | 1995-09-12 | Abbott Laboratories | Intravenous fluid administration device containing anti-squirting orifice flow control |
US20040173623A1 (en) * | 2003-03-07 | 2004-09-09 | Yuen Yat Keung William | Flow restrictor, a cap with such a flow restrictor, and a drinking cup with such a cap |
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US20120132442A1 (en) * | 2010-11-25 | 2012-05-31 | Philip Head | Control of fluid flow in oil wells |
US9597732B2 (en) * | 2015-01-26 | 2017-03-21 | Honeywell International Inc. | Flow restrictor assemblies including a monolithic flow restrictor and methods for manufacturing the same |
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US5102095A (en) * | 1991-01-28 | 1992-04-07 | Siemens Automotive L.P. | Flow restrictor for solenoid valve |
US5156680A (en) * | 1991-07-30 | 1992-10-20 | Rockwell International Corporation | Flow restrictor for a fluid |
US5316220A (en) * | 1991-08-22 | 1994-05-31 | Naan Irrigation Systems | Irrigator with mutually perpendicular water path components |
US5404945A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1995-04-11 | Stirling Design International Limited | Device for controlling the flow of fluid in an oil well |
US5673751A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1997-10-07 | Stirling Design International Limited | System for controlling the flow of fluid in an oil well |
US5287613A (en) * | 1992-05-08 | 1994-02-22 | Professional Instruments Co. | Method of manufacturing an annular slit restrictor using a shrink fit operation |
DE4328739A1 (de) * | 1993-08-26 | 1995-03-02 | Klaus Pflieger | Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Kühlflüssigkeiten |
US5449350A (en) * | 1994-07-19 | 1995-09-12 | Abbott Laboratories | Intravenous fluid administration device containing anti-squirting orifice flow control |
US20040173623A1 (en) * | 2003-03-07 | 2004-09-09 | Yuen Yat Keung William | Flow restrictor, a cap with such a flow restrictor, and a drinking cup with such a cap |
GB2458264A (en) * | 2008-03-10 | 2009-09-16 | Ford Global Tech Llc | Flow restrictor for use in the cooling system of an i.c. engine |
US9488092B2 (en) | 2008-03-10 | 2016-11-08 | Jaguar Land Rover Limited | Flow control device |
US20120132442A1 (en) * | 2010-11-25 | 2012-05-31 | Philip Head | Control of fluid flow in oil wells |
US9157295B2 (en) * | 2010-11-25 | 2015-10-13 | Philip Head | Control of fluid flow in oil wells |
US10549222B2 (en) | 2013-08-04 | 2020-02-04 | Tavlit Plastic Ltd. | Self cleaning disc filter apparatus |
US9597732B2 (en) * | 2015-01-26 | 2017-03-21 | Honeywell International Inc. | Flow restrictor assemblies including a monolithic flow restrictor and methods for manufacturing the same |
US11448286B2 (en) * | 2017-04-27 | 2022-09-20 | Prospira Corporation | Vibration-damping device |
CN112610791A (zh) * | 2020-12-10 | 2021-04-06 | 嘉善边锋机械股份有限公司 | 一种适用于隔膜泵的脉冲阻尼装置 |
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